The Bear and the People

By Reiner Zimnik

Book Overview

"Well, there was a man once, and he had a bear . . ." begins this story about a friendship between man and beast. The man understands the language of bears, and the two travel together from village to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590170490
• ISBN13: 9781590170496
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: NYR Children's Collection
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.4" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

touching & wise

Reiner Zimnik's novella is a mysterious and melancholy fable about companionship, loss, and the seasons of life. It is also the rare sort of "imaginative cornerstone" book that a child can grow up with and then come back to later in life to find the story even more eloquent and moving than remembered. (Note: a quirky scene with a trio of topless dancing ladies is sure to worry a few children, and a few parents.)